[RBW] How old is your Hillborne? Really
My Betty Foy gets confused for a beach cruiser which irks me to no end. I've had her since 2012, and only once out in public did anyone appreciate what she is. I was biking to school with my sons one day and a dad, who was doing the exact same thing, remarked about the awesomeness of my bike. He thought I'd gotten it at a bike show here in Vegas. Though our bike tastes differed (he had a different bike every time I saw him, and all low saddles and he was a racer) he knew quality when he was riding behind it! -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] How old is your Hillborne? Really
I often wheel my Rivs through the store or inside the PO, and not infrequently get comments and congratulations. Relatively few ask me how old it is, or indicate they think it's an old bike. In fact, I get the same reactions as I do toward the Fargo. I'm sometimes surprised when a person says to me something like, A Rivendell! I love their bikes! or I'd love to have one of their bikes! And bike shop people are the most enthusiastic of all, young as well as old. Perhaps ABQ is simply more sophisticated when it comes to bikes? On Mon, May 25, 2015 at 12:49 PM, Marc Irwin irwin7...@gmail.com wrote: That is a reoccurring question I hear when out among bike enthusiasts. Nobody cares about the production date or from which batch it may have come. People are always asking me how old it is. They never ask that about the Hunqapillar, just the Hillborne. Some are surprised when I tell them it's only 3 years old or so, but many just don't believe me. Some have even corrected me with, No, that's an English brand. A friend of mine had one in the '70's. They will argue, pretending to know some deep secret about the lug work that *They* just don't make 'em like that anymore. When I try to explain who *They* are, I'm ignored and, being the true enthusiasts, they continue to compliment my find and they way I've built it up with modern components. It's happened a few times now. Is it just me, or has this happened to anybody else? https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-n8XUms5K3vk/VWNus32_eGI/H7Q/nb5uViw4z0g/s1600/IMG_2266%2B%25281%2529%2B-%2BCopy.JPG Marc -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- Resumes, LinkedIn profiles, bios, and letters that get interviews. By-the-hour resume and LinkedIn coaching. Other professional writing services. http://www.resumespecialties.com/ www.linkedin.com/in/patrickmooreresumespec/ Patrick Moore Alburquerque, Nouvelle Mexique, Vereinigte Staaten * *The point which is the pivot of the norm is the motionless center of a circumference on the rim of which all conditions, distinctions, and individualities revolve. *Chuang Tzu *Kinei hos eromenon. It moves as the being-loved. *Aristotle *The Love that moves the Sun and all the other stars. *Dante -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] How old is your Hillborne? Really
Yes, though more with polite surprise than actual disbelief (i. e. rudeness). For me I'm pretty sure the double top tube is what compels the question. I'm sure the lugs help. Yours, Thomas Lynn Skean 2x 60cm DTT Waterford Hillbornes -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
[RBW] How old is your Hillborne? Really
That is a reoccurring question I hear when out among bike enthusiasts. Nobody cares about the production date or from which batch it may have come. People are always asking me how old it is. They never ask that about the Hunqapillar, just the Hillborne. Some are surprised when I tell them it's only 3 years old or so, but many just don't believe me. Some have even corrected me with, No, that's an English brand. A friend of mine had one in the '70's. They will argue, pretending to know some deep secret about the lug work that *They* just don't make 'em like that anymore. When I try to explain who *They* are, I'm ignored and, being the true enthusiasts, they continue to compliment my find and they way I've built it up with modern components. It's happened a few times now. Is it just me, or has this happened to anybody else? https://lh3.googleusercontent.com/-n8XUms5K3vk/VWNus32_eGI/H7Q/nb5uViw4z0g/s1600/IMG_2266%2B%25281%2529%2B-%2BCopy.JPG Marc -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] How old is your Hillborne? Really
Of all my Rivs, the blue Hillborne gets the most comments. I quite often get compliments about its looks. I have many times gotten the comment, hey that's an old one! But I've never had someone try to tell me that it really is an old model. And questions about why the extra frame tube are pretty common as well. On May 25, 2015, at 11:49 AM, Marc Irwin wrote: That is a reoccurring question I hear when out among bike enthusiasts. Nobody cares about the production date or from which batch it may have come. People are always asking me how old it is. They never ask that about the Hunqapillar, just the Hillborne. Some are surprised when I tell them it's only 3 years old or so, but many just don't believe me. Some have even corrected me with, No, that's an English brand. A friend of mine had one in the '70's. They will argue, pretending to know some deep secret about the lug work that They just don't make 'em like that anymore. When I try to explain who They are, I'm ignored and, being the true enthusiasts, they continue to compliment my find and they way I've built it up with modern components. It's happened a few times now. Is it just me, or has this happened to anybody else? Marc -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] How old is your Hillborne? Really
A few years ago, I took my VO Rando to a ride, and someone said hey, that's a nice old bike..unless it's a nice NEW bike. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
Re: [RBW] How old is your Hillborne? Really
No, Andrew. That can't be. They don't make people that smart and humble any more. Grin. With abandon, Patrick (ducking so as to avoid the slap bound to find it way through the interwebs). On Monday, May 25, 2015 at 5:43:05 PM UTC-6, Andrew Marchant-Shapiro wrote: A few years ago, I took my VO Rando to a ride, and someone said hey, that's a nice old bike..unless it's a nice NEW bike. -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups RBW Owners Bunch group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to rbw-owners-bunch+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to rbw-owners-bunch@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/rbw-owners-bunch. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/d/optout.
